Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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Why not allowing people to delete their own question?
Sometimes I posts questions I thought it good and still do now, but it has been down voted very badly, for example How slow can DDR4 RAM be?
I don't understand why is this a bad question since I ...
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What's the best way to ask a similar question, but targeting a new OS?
I'm interested in asking a question specifically targeting Windows 11. I was able to find a Super User question focusing on basically the same topic from over a decade ago, before Windows 11 existed.
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Is this question appropriate for Super User?
Would asking the following question be on topic?
Where are the DB, and DBx stored on the computer whether in the BIOS UEFI, or Operating System?
Or would that best be in the Information Security ...
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The Great [tag-cleanup-request] status-tag cleanup of 2024
Following on from the Great CM status tag cleanup of 2024, we lost our "status-planned" tracking of ongoing cleanup tasks. That's because the planned tag is now considered a process tag, ...
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Should we remove general tags (in favour of specific tags) immediately, or create a Meta for review first?
In many cases, questions will be tagged with both a specific tag and a general tag. For example, network-interface and interface on a question dealing with network interfacing. Both tags are ...
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How should we cleanup tags on migrated posts?
google is one of the manufacturer meta tags we're cleaning up. Many of the posts with this tag have been migrated away (e.g., to Web Apps), and the tags then get changed to appropriate tags for the ...
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The tag [variables] is too similar to [variables]
When creating the variables tag, the following dialog pops out:
After clicking "Yes, I'm sure", the system throws:
So does the variables tag exist or not?
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Ongoing community task: ensure there are no [untagged] questions
The tag untagged is applied to questions which either have all their tags burninated, or to questions migrated from other sites (when tags from the origin site do not match any tags here).
According ...
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Is there a "dark mode" setting for Super User?
I love "dark mode" on Stack Overflow and prefer using it everywhere.
I cannot find the setting, and I've tried looking everywhere in the settings.
Does Super User have a Dark Mode? If so, ...
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Proposed resolution : Quoting cannot be called plagiarism
Proposed resolution : A quote which is fully accredited and formatted as a quote, is not plagiarism.
This definition is in line with all the world's dictionaries and all the world's legal sources.
Why ...
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A moderator is stalking me, downvoting and deleting my tried answer in seconds
I read this question.
I went to do research on it. tried myself, searched on net, made changes and eventually I could find the answer of this question. I even tried 2-3 variations to find what is ...
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Why does clicking an image URL not work to open it in browser?
I embedded this link https://i.sstatic.net/5AFpedHO.jpg in a post outside Stack Exchange. The URL had been created by uploading an image in a post in Stack Exchange.
When I click the link in the post ...
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Where can I make requests to reopen questions on the Super User main Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
I'm asking about the scope of the tag reopen-request here, on Meta.
I had such a request closed as off-topic and I don't understand why.
Why was it closed?
I am basically asking why the question it ...
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Whats the difference between Server Fault and Super User?
Whats the difference between Server Fault and Super User?
Aren't they both for SysOps questions?
Wouldn't it be prudent to have a mission statement for each site clearly visible?
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Cloudflare protection on Stack Overflow related sites
Cloudflare always asks me for human validation while visit Stack Overflow related sites, I know the reason is because I'm using a VPN software to surfing the network, It will back to normal after I ...
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Knowledge Repository
The rule across the SE network is General Questions General Answers.
The sites are a repository of knowledge.
Mokubai said that it is not a place to collate encyclopedic information that Super User is ...
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Better to delete/repost or request migration?
My question about Debian on an iMac hasn't gotten much attention, and I'd like to try it on https://unix.stackexchange.com/. I'm happy to delete and repost there, or flag for moderator attention. Is ...
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Where can I ask this question about Computer Screen Technology?
I have asked a question about Computer Screens on Super User. Specifically, about understanding their (supposedly different) technology, certainly not a question about their use as computer screens (...
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How is this question about resolution off-topic?
I have asked a question about Upschaling and Pixel Replication
I have frequently heard that it is better to have a display resolution
with the resolution of the content you want to display on the ...
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Why was this flag declined by a moderator?
This non-answer (previously accessible via https://superuser.com/a/1853110/380110) is obviously a comment on another answer, and not an actual answer. I flagged it as such while helping our community ...
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My question "Making title attribute of HTML elements display as text instead of as tooltips" was removed as off-topic; where can I ask it?
My question "Making title attribute of HTML elements display as text instead of as tooltips" was removed as off-topic with the explanation that "This question is not about computer ...
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Why were a good amount of comments from a question removed?
Why were a good amount of comments from this question removed?
My question (in the comments) was reasonable.
One more question where IMHO is appropriate to comment about different approach.
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Is there a way to hide several year old questions?
I have been getting back into the habit of checking this forum, trying to help others with what little I can. However, I'm noticing a not insignificant trend when loading the home page; I'm seeing ...
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Is this question from Unix&Linux (closed there) suitable for SuperUser community?
Is this question about a tool for measuring efficiency of filesystems and experienced efficiency/overhead values for types of filesystems (respectively, more in general asking about a tool on Linux, ...
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Why are comments being deleted? And by who?
I added a comment to How to change text before and after a specific word in Microsoft Word this morning, after an existing comment from another user asking for clarity.
Both comments have been deleted,...
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Consider removing the [windows-10-final] tag synonym from [windows-10]
windows-10-final is currently a synonym of windows-10. Previously, windows-10-final referred to non-preview Windows 10 builds (i.e. "final" meaning Windows 10 after its official release, ...
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What the heck does this mean: “Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.”
I just got this message when trying to leave a fairly innocuous comment for an edit on a question:
“Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.”
The only way I could submit ...
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What does the recovery tag mean?
What does the recovery tag mean, if anything? Or is it one of those overly broad tags whose questions haven't yet been recategorized into sub-categories?
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How do I get rid of the close votes?
Why are notches are different on 8 pin cable and the video card? has accumulated three completely bogus closing votes: people think it's EPS vs PCIe 8 pin but it's not. It's just not. I posted a ...
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Error Uploading Images: Limited to 50 Megapixels for gif image
I encountered an error message stating that image uploads are restricted to 50 megapixels on the a post however I thought the only limit was an image of any size <2MB. My image that is a gif is ...
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What to do when an answer seems like it was copied from somewhere else?
I came across an answer on a question that looked rather suspicious. For context, the user has 1 reputation, with only a few answers on a couple of other sites.
The answer in question was posted on an ...
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User vandalized own question - roll back?
This question:
Content removed. I do not consent to "AI" scraping
Screenshot at the time I wrote this:
On other SE sites as well:
Rolling this back will return in a tug of war.
What to do?
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Where to ask questions about non-DNS-based country-based website/HTTP blocking?
I am personally interested in who and/or how website/HTTP blocking is done in the case of this question: How is my ISP blocking my DNS query if I'm using DoH (DNS-over-HTTPS)?
As I mentioned as ...
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Clarification of question's acceptability in advance
How can I check a question's correct place, acceptability and plausibility before posting it on Super User?
Is it possible to check the correctness of a question in advance here on Meta Super User? Or ...
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A weird Web 1.0 nazi site wants help. How to handle?
https://superuser.com/users/1005157/mehdi-saada wants help with his nazi site national-naturalism [dot] org
https://superuser.com/questions/1738894/how-to-get-a-base-font-size-on-my-screen-for-my-...
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Can we get a description for the [ole] tag?
Could we ask for the description of the ole tag or its removal?
I used the tag in the sense of Object Linking and Embedding in How to compare TIFF files with tags 37680 (0x9330)?, but see http://...
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How can I appeal the deletion of questions? A question was falsely flagged as "spam or offensive," but it was just about school classes
This question got deleted as "offensive or spam": "BUD" (for Android OS) has asset editors, map editors... how to use wireless mouses with this? As "Godot-4" does selects/...
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Possible bug with the new image hosting system: PNG images are declared “Too small…” if both dimensions are not equal to or larger than 160 pixels
Preface: While I saw this similar question on Meta Stack Exchange, and the original poster there is complaining about the 160 limit in general. My issue is with the restriction being applied to both ...
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So many new spam bots thanks to AI - what can we do?
I keep seeing users like this, the quality of their posts is abysmal:
Can we get a captcha or something? Would that help? What else can be done? One of those things where you have to solve a little ...
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I flagged an answer as spam, where the user profile contained spam. Why was my flag declined?
My "spam" flag on https://superuser.com/a/1834925/1482432 was declined. Did the moderator not see the username and the profile of the spambot?
"Declined - a moderator reviewed your flag,...
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Please, delete my question regarding svchost.exe
I have a question about my Super User post: How to force svchost.exe to run as a single process (Windows 10)
I want to delete my question, but I'm unable to delete it because someone wrote an "...
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“Please do not vote to close spam.” Why?
On a recent piece of spam, a user (Ramhound) stated:
“Please do not vote to close spam.“
Why? Should we just downvote and close as spam? What is the harm in voting to close as off topic? Wouldn’t ...
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Where should I ask questions about setting up phone systems on Stack Exchange?
If I can’t ask this on Network Engineering or Super User because it’s getting downvoted, where in the world am I supposed to ask this?
Please explain how this is off topic. There have been questions ...
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What's the difference between [windows-defender] and [microsoft-defender]?
There are two tags on the main site which seem to be synonymous:
windows-defender (367 Q&As)
microsoft-defender (8 Q&As)
The latter has no tag wiki or any info attached (not even a brief ...
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Being a scriptkiddy is OK but piracy is not?
I raised a flag on the following question, because the OP wanted regex for credential stuffing purposes:
How to mark/delete lines that contain anything that is not letters or numbers after a specific ...
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I have a question ban and I have no idea how to fix it [duplicate]
I'm unable to post questions, but stack exchange does not point out what is wrong with my posts, nor give me good direction beyond "edit your questions". So it expects me to blindly edit my ...
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Since when are users required to be logged in to ask questions?
A few months ago I asked an anonymous question using an unregistered account on Super User. However I now see a message that you must be logged in to ask a question on Super User.
When and why did ...
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Rename microsoft-one-outlook to outlook-for-windows
microsoft-one-outlook seems to refer to outlook-for-windows, see Wikipedia.
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Delete Accepted answer, where the consensus is that the answer is wrong
https://superuser.com/a/1685364/603073
The consensus is that the answer I provided is wrong, which on reflection I now agree with. However, I can't delete my answer as it has been accepted.
Is there a ...
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What devices can I ask questions about on superuser?
The superuser site topic definition says we can ask about computer software, so long as it doesn't run on electronic devices. Can anyone provide an example of a non-electronic device that runs "...
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